Author C.A. Chaplin

@cachaplin.bsky.social

Dark Romantic Fantasy “like Tolkien with smut”: SILVER STAR, RED DRAGON THE DRAGON’S MAW Cozy Contemporary Dark Romance: THE DEVIL’S FEATHER https://www.cachaplin.com/links ✨AuDHD chaos gremlin✨

Silver Star, Red Dragon, the first book in my spicy dark romantic fantasy series, is free today 6/21 until midnight PST! Because it’s my birthday and it makes me happy to give gifts. Even better: it’s part of Indie Stuffed, an even with hundreds of free indie books! #booksky

Big tiddy committee, I need your help! If you’re a man or other person with big pecs, can you flex hard enough to hold an object between them? If so, for how long? For science! And also research for my upcoming dark romance 😅

“Cynthia, where have you been?” Hyperfocused on writing a shameless AU contemporary dark romance in 11 days where my dragon shifter is reimagined as an eccentric human composer living in SF. I… don’t recommend drafting that fast, but it was fun! And now ARCs are available! #booksky

The Devil’s Feather: A Dark Romance
By C.A. Chaplin
It’s a trope map: hurt/comfort, Kinky AF, Chaos bisexual MMC, Touch Her & Die, Found Family, Xennial MCs, Curvy AuDHD FMCTHE DEVIL'S FEATHER: A DARK ROMANCE
www.cachaplin.com

Elaine Parham is a dreamer, but she landed in a dull tech job like everyone else in the San Francisco Bay Area. To feed her creative soul, she finally published the romantasy she'd always wanted to write. But writing doesn't pay enough for her to escape her boring life, and a string of bad relationships has left her lonely and full of self-doubt.

Rafael Nazim is an eccentric musical genius. A giant of a man with striking red hair and dark desires, he attracts attention everywhere he goes; much to his dismay as a self-proclaimed recluse. Haunted by his horrific childhood and trapped in a cycle of violence and self-destruction, all he wants is to find peace.

When Elaine's writing meets Rafael's music, their worlds collide in ways neither of them could predict. Will the mysterious man with the devil's feather bring the creative joy and freedom Elaine has always wanted and the serenity Rafael seeks, or will his dark past destroy them both?
"The Devil's Feather" is a dusk romance for lovers of the lighter side of dark.
C.A. CHAPLIN| AUTHOR@CACHAPLIN.COM

Auri did this one for Silver Star, Red Dragon too! One of my faves 😍 There’s a NSFW version too that I occasionally drop into my newsletter 😉 #booksky

A pale, black-haired elf woman wearing a blue dress embraced from behind by a red dragon. Characters from “The Soulbound Song” series by C.A. Chaplin. Art by Auri.
Auri@theladyauri.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Hey guys!! I would really appreciate it if you took a look at my friend @cachaplin.bsky.social 's books!! If you like dragons, elves, 🌶️ romance, fantasy, and in depth world building and characters, please consider reading Silver Star Red Dragon <3. I've even done some of the official art for it!!

Portrait of a green dragon in humanoid form with curling rams horns and red eyes

Do you need someone to lovingly smack your fantasy manuscript about the brow and face until it shapes up? Have you had a hard time finding experienced beta readers? You should hire me. Any subgenre of fantasy, any spice level, pitch black or light and fluffy: I read them all. #author

I'm currently working on a novel and at the end of an average day, I'm wiped out. The sheer amount of analysis, synthesis, making of connections, layering of prose, deepening of characterization, supplemental research... all the mental work is intense and exhilarating. Which is just to say, fuck AI.

As a fantasy author, I don’t want my name in lights. I want it in the liminal spaces. In dreams. In déjà vu tickling the back of your mind. Whispered in the trees. Murmured in the warm fog of a book hangover. Plinking against the glass on the perfect rainy day. #booksky